Call sheet



Dec. 15, 1925- 1.5 5.456

D. E. HOLT CALL bHEET Filed Dec. 25, 1924 Patented 15, 1925.

' nnnznzcnn. HOLT, or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, I

I CALL SHEET."

Application filed December 23, 1924. Ser al No. 757,741.

a: 202. 1, it may concern:

known that DENZELL E. 'HOLT, citi- 0 United States, residing at Seattle,he county of Ling and State of Washingn, has invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Call Sheets, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention is directed to an improvement in memorandum or signalboards, de signed particularly for use in hotels, whereby the clerk orother person in charge may accurately and conveniently indicate a callleft by a guest occupying a particular room.

Ordinarily, memorandum sheets are em ployed in which the hour of thecall is indicated by the clerk in ink or pencil, so that considerablelabor is required in attending to this detail of the duties of theclerk.

The present invention is designed to provide a board structure dividedinto spaces with each numbered or lettered in accordance with the roomdesignation, and cooperating with these spaces are card-likemembersbearing the hour of the proposedcall. The board is provided with meansby which the card may be associated with any particular room space, andmay be arranged relative thereto to indicate that the call is yet to bemade or has been made, or for some other reason is not to be made. I

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of the improved call board, several callcard mem bers being shown in various positions thereon.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the means for supporting thecall card members.

The improved call board 1,, which may be of any appropriate material orsize, is divided into spaces 2, each bearing data indicating aparticular room in the hotel, usually the numbers of such rooms. Securedto the board in'nnediately above each number spac is a supporting member3, including a part to be secured to the board, an upwardly andoutwardly inclined member projecting therefrom, and a lateral arm 4 atthe upper end of the member, said arm by this arrangement being disposedimmediately above the particular room number sgaco-and also spacedoutwardly vfrom the surface of the board.

Card members 5, preferably though not necessarily metallic, areprovided, usually of rectangular outline, with one edge formed forfrictional cooperation with the lateral arm 4.

The members 5, hereinafter termed the call cards, bear any. desireddata, usually the hour at which a call is to be made, and these cardsare of course provided in sufficient number to take care of possiblecontingencies. When a call is left at the desk,

the clerk selecting the properly numbered call card will place the sameon the arm t above the proper room number. Thus at any hour, the boardmay be consulted to determine what calls are to be'made, and theindications of the call cards carried out.

If desired, and as preferred, the call cards may be made indistinguishing colors, for example, one being red and the other black,the red call cards being used for permanent guests at the'hotel and theblack call cards for transient guests. When the call cards areinoperative or indicating position, they are arranged above the numberof the particular room, and if, for any reason the call is not to bemade, or when the call is made,

the'call card may be turned down onto the board, swinging on the arm,thus in part concealing the number of the room, and indicating that" thecall is no longer necessary or has been made.

The device thus described provides a simdistinct indicating spaces, asupporting arm carried by the board for cooperation with each space,said arm including a lateral bearing portion spaced from the board, anda call card adapted for slidable cooperation with said bearing portionand capable of being moved to a position to expose one side of the cardimmediately above the space or to expose the other side of the card aspartly overlying the space, the respective sides of the cards beingmarl-zed to indicate different information.

2. A callboard divided into a number of distinct indicating spaces, asupporting am carried by the board for cooperation with each space, saidarm including a lat oral hearing portion spaced from the board, and acall card adapted for slidable cooperation with said bearing portion andcapable of being moved to a position to ex- 5 pose one side of the cardimmediately above the space or to expose the other side of the card aspartly overlying the space, the respective sides of the cards beingmarked to indicate different information, the cards being readilyseparable from the bearing portions of the arms to permit any card ofthe series to cooperate With any arm.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

DENZELL E. HOLT.

